Help with making decisions Mental Capacity

Having mental capacity means that a person is able to make their own decisions. The Mental Capacity Act says that a person is unable to make a particular decision if they cannot do one or more of the following:

Understand information given to them.

Retain that information long enough to be able to make the decision.

Weigh up the information available to make the decision.

Communicate their decision - this could be by talking, using sign language or even simple muscle movements such as blinking an eye or squeezing a hand.